Boy, going from the text of my dad's oral history and my own few paragraphs to fleshing them all out in a fictional sense is really something! I am finding much more to write about without the constraints of non-fiction. I am beginning to think I will make it to 50,000 words by the end of the month but it won't be finished! Which is okay..it feels tremendous to get this started and see where it might lead. Thanks to you all for the encouragement. I haven't had much time to work on it until now, after the election and all, but I am up to 4,641 words.{g}